I was not able to find information about how the previous studies were conducted, other than they were done under the the control of the CDC.

Can you shed more light on the previous thee previous surveys that this study was based on?

On 12/22/06, <> wrote:

Articles such as this raise my level of cynicism about journalists. Inever see a caveat qualifying the results of the study in any way. Inthis case, the article makes no mention of the fact that the studyrelies on results from individuals voluntarily participating in a surveyon sexual behavior.

In the first place, I assume that such a discussion would tend toattract more respondents likely to have exactly the background of sexualexperience the author represents as "normative". The study got exactlythe answers the author solicited, by asking the right questions. Peoplewho had more reserved feelings about personal sexual experiences wouldbe less likely accept an invitation to talk openly about sex and sexuality.

Secondly, the author neglects to mention the first axiom of research insuch areas, which is that everyone lies about sex.